Not currently on display at the V&A

Photograph

02/06/1953 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Beaton, Cecil (Sir) (photographer)
Place of origin
Buckingham Palace (photographed)

Royal Portrait by Cecil Beaton (1904-1980). Contact print photograph depicting Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother and Prince Charles, on Coronation day of Queen Elizabeth II, Buckingham Palace, 1953.


Object details

Categories
Portraits
Photographs
Royalty
Object type
Photograph
Materials and techniques
Paper
Gelatin Silver Process
Photography
Brief description
Royal Portrait by Cecil Beaton (1904-1980). Contact print photograph depicting Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother and Prince Charles, on Coronation day of Queen Elizabeth II, Buckingham Palace, 1953.
Dimensions
  • Image width: 8.2cm
  • Image height: 8.6cm
  • Paper width: 19.2cm
  • Paper height: 18.8cm
Gallery label
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Prince Charles and Princess Anne 2 June 1953 The Queen’s young children were full of energy throughout the afternoon. The serenity of the Queen Mother calmed the apprehensive photographer. ‘All at once, and because of her I was enjoying my work. Prince Charles and Princess Anne were buzzing about in the wildest excitement and would not keep still for a moment. The Queen Mother anchored them in her arms, put her head down to kiss Prince Charles’s hair, and made a terrific picture.’ Gelatin silver contact prints Ph.1091A-C-1987; Ph.1105-1987; Ph.1093-1987 (2012)
Credit line
Bequeathed to the Museum in 1987 by Eileen Hose, secretary to the photographer
Production
Cecil Beaton photographed members of the royal family from 1930-1979.
Subjects depicted
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
King Charles III
Place depicted
Buckingham Palace
Other number
B647-65 - Beaton's number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
PH.1091C-1987

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Record createdJanuary 4, 2011
Record URL
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